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Who cares what happened a hundred years ago?
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Who cares what happened a hundred years ago?
By News Staff 
August 7, 2019
A century has passed since the end of “the war to end all wars." Wishful thinking, to be sure, but it’s old hat. Yesterday’s news. Dead history. Or is it? But if we were to ask John or Jane Doe to tal...
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LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
July 31, 2019
From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago July 31, 1969 - When we oldtimers mention "baby bathtubs" to the kids here today, it is hard for them to understand we are talki...
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Facts are facts. Here are some worth recycling
Columns
Facts are facts. Here are some worth recycling
By News Staff 
July 10, 2019
“Now the turmoil…normally hidden from view…is hitting home.” ~The Guardian, June 21, 2019 The article called to my attention was not about immigration or abortion (a.k.a., “reproductive rights”). Not ...
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LOOKING BACK
By News Staff 
July 10, 2019
From the Ouray County Herald and Ouray County Plaindealer: 50 Years Ago July 10, 1969 - It has been about 18 years since the Galloping Goose wheezed up and over Lizard Head Pass, traversing high mount...
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Housing: Ouray County’s complicated problem
By News Staff 
June 24, 2019
By Erin McIntyre and Mike Wiggins As new owners of the Ouray County Plaindealer, we were fully aware of affordable housing issues prior to moving to the area. Some folks assume we’re commuting from Gr...
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Ridgway to grow capacity to fight wildland fires
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Ridgway to grow capacity to fight wildland fires
Additional staff, engine can enhance skills, create more revenue
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 3, 2025
Ridgway’s wildland firefighters have mopped up hotspots in Nevada, fought wildfire on the front lines in California and protected structures at home in Colorado. Since the Ridgway Fire Protection Dist...
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County chops event center operations to aid budget
By Lia Salvatierra lia@ouraynews.com 
December 3, 2025
Ouray County is performing triage on its 2026 budget as 2025 revenues are coming in lower than expected, placing even more pressure on the county’s general fund savings. County leaders have been worki...
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New council’s first task: Fill vacancies
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New council’s first task: Fill vacancies
After soliciting applications, councilors to interview, pick appointments Jan. 5
December 3, 2025
Ouray city leaders swore in a new mayor and city councilor Monday night, then turned their attention to the council’s most pressing issue: Finding and appointing two more councilors to fill out the ra...
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Slow start to snow season
Wave of storms helps, but snowpack in San Juans well below normal
By Mike Wiggins mike@ouraynews.com 
December 3, 2025
A series of post-Thanksgiving storms delivered desperately needed snow to the moisture-starved San Juans, but snowpack at the start of December remains well below average in Ouray County and the surro...
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SEASON OF SHARING
Ridgway Ouray Community Council
December 3, 2025
Editor's note: The Ouray County Plaindealer is continuing its tradition of featuring nonprofit organizations based in Ouray County, serving Ouray County in a series of profiles called Season of Sharin...
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